Guest guest Posted August 22, 2000 Report Share Posted August 22, 2000 Even if plants did have feelings, I don't see how that makes it okay to eat animals. Eating animals is consuming not only that life, but also all of the plants that were fed to it to sustain it. Even if you don't agree with killing and eating plants, it still minimizes the damage to not eat animals. Let's face it - we don't know FOR SURE whether or not plants feel pain (although I find it highly unlikely.) But we are pretty damn sure from all of the evidence that animals DO feel pain. It seems that the compassionate thing to do with the knowledge we do have now is to minimize the suffering we know about and witness. >stoneysmrf > > > plants have feelings, whatever >Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:21:56 EDT > >Anyone who who uses the BS " plants have feelings " excuse probably doesn't >realy care what you say back. They're just deluding themselves into >thinking >their being cleaver. ______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2000 Report Share Posted August 22, 2000 Anyone who who uses the BS " plants have feelings " excuse probably doesn't realy care what you say back. They're just deluding themselves into thinking their being cleaver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2000 Report Share Posted August 23, 2000 In a message dated 8/22/2000 8:22:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, r061n writes: > Let's face it - we don't know FOR SURE whether or not plants feel pain > (although I find it highly unlikely.) But we are pretty damn sure from all > of the evidence that animals DO feel pain. Robin, a good thing to remind people of is that plants don't have central nervous systems, which are necessary for the perception of pain. Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2000 Report Share Posted August 23, 2000 I agree with what everyone has been saying about this issue. I haven't often been faced with having to reply to that issue, and when I have, all I have said is " Well, I have to eat something, and eating plants seems to me to cause less suffering, so that is the bottom line. " That seems to have been sufficient. Even if plants did have feelings, I don't see how that makes it okay to eat animals. Eating animals is consuming not only that life, but also all of the plants that were fed to it to sustain it. Even if you don't agree with killing and eating plants, it still minimizes the damage to not eat animals. Let's face it - we don't know FOR SURE whether or not plants feel pain (although I find it highly unlikely.) But we are pretty damn sure from all of the evidence that animals DO feel pain. It seems that the compassionate thing to do with the knowledge we do have now is to minimize the suffering we know about and witness. >stoneysmrf > > > plants have feelings, whatever >Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:21:56 EDT > >Anyone who who uses the BS " plants have feelings " excuse probably doesn't >realy care what you say back. They're just deluding themselves into >thinking >their being cleaver. ______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------- ---------- Post message: Subscribe: - Un: - List owner: -owner Shortcut URL to this page: /community/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2000 Report Share Posted August 23, 2000 My favorite flippant response (which I can't take credit for) to the plants-have-feelings comments is, " that's why it's called animal rights. " Of course, this only works on people with whom you don't want to get into any of the serious issues that we've been talking about. . . . Jolie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2000 Report Share Posted August 23, 2000 > > Let's face it - we don't know FOR SURE whether or not plants feel pain > > (although I find it highly unlikely.) But we are pretty damn sure from >all > > of the evidence that animals DO feel pain. > >Robin, a good thing to remind people of is that plants don't have central >nervous systems, which are necessary for the perception of pain. A central nervous system is necessary for pain as we know it. But that doesn't mean there isn't some other mechanism for pain in plants that we don't know about. I don't necessarily believe that is true, but nonetheless it is a possibility. Science doesn't know everything, especially in areas like the sensitivity of plants. " There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. " ______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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